Australia has no plans to send troops to the Middle East after the US President declared nations should retrieve their own oil as the Straight of Hormuz remains closed.
Donald Trump launched a tirade against the UK on his social media platform Truth Social overnight, saying it and other nations should "build up some delayed courage" and go to the strait to get their own oil.
"You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won't be there to help you anymore, just like you weren't there for us," he wrote.
"Iran has been, essentially, decimated.
The hard part is done.
Go get your own oil!" About 20 per cent of the world's oil supplies flow through the strait with its closure causing fuel prices to surge globally.
Health Minister Mark Butler said the government does not respond to every comment from Mr Trump, but said the ongoing fuel crisis has prompted continued calls for a de-escalation in the conflict.
He told ABC TV there were no plans to send Australian troops to the Middle East, admitting "no one really knows" how long the war will rage on.
"We've seen some encouraging remarks over the last several hours from the Iranian president as....
